Patton aide testimony on bonds and a box in hotel room
A congressman and NRAs lobby aide testified about purchases of four $1,000 U.S. government bonds and a box carried from a hotel room. The witness described a possible cigar box and later conversations with Patton’s nephew Norris Shook raising questions about the package, with continued details promised on page 4.
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Huddleston
Ala
Cellers
John W. Carnter
Texas Tower and Light
Patton
Tton
About Investments Committee
Washington
Norris
Meriden Mine Reopens Near Philippi After Rehab
The Meriden mine about a mile east of Philippi resumes operations after a seven year pause. J W Galloway leads reopening with aim to run at full capacity, loading about 300 tons daily rising to 500 tons as development and equipment expand. Pit workers number around fifty and will grow as production increases. The mine previously operated as Rock Is Coal Co until July 1928. The reopening surprised Philippi and Barbour residents. Continued on page four.
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Philippi
Meriden Ine
Phil— M
J. W.galloway
London Simpson's Creek
Meriden
Coal Company
Philippi and Barbour
PWA Edict To Buy Abroad Faces Steel Industry Protest
New York July 26 The PWA order demanding foreign steel purchases with public works funds drew swift protests from the steel industry. Bethlehem Steel president Eugene G Grace disclosed the order saying it requires borrowers to buy foreign material when the order value reaches 10000 or more and foreign suppliers price at least 15 percent below. The American Iron and Steel Institute has already protested. Grace added that foreign manufacturers could sell steel in the United States at 15 percent or more. Continued on page seven.
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New York
PWA
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Grace
American Tron and Steel Institute
Washington
Bethlehem Steel
United States
Judge M'Clintic To Rule On AAA Processing Taxes
Federal Judge George W McClintic ordered a hearing on the merits of AAA processing taxes after issuing temporary injunctions against tax collection for P E Holt Sons Co and Gwinn Brothers in Charleston. He said the tax does not go to government support and criticized the levy as not warranting a temporary order.
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Charleston
AAA
U. S
Boston
Federal District Court
George W. McClintic
P. E. Holt Sons Company
Gwinn Brothers and Company of
Huntington
Bank Robbery in Old Forge Nets $10,000
Five armed men held up a bank at Old Forge near Scranton Pennsylvania and escaped with about $10,000. Authorities chased the bandits who fled toward Scranton in a car, later abandoning their vehicle at Minook and hijacking a motorist’s car to escape.
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Pennsylvania Bank
Scranton
Old Forge
Minook
Six inbreak from Co. Jail
Cadiz Ohio July 26 Two escaped convicts led four other prisoners including two former convicts in a break from the Harrison county jail. Using a four foot bar from a ventilator they pounded a hole in the wall and fled around 4 am. A posse of 100 citizens aided in the manhunt as Sheriff Archer Hedges said the men were believed cornered on a nearby farm two miles west of town. Fifteen other prisoners on minor charges told the sheriff.
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Cadiz
Harrison County
Archer Hedges
Charles Brewer
Hedges
Morgantown Beer Dealer Nabbed For High Test
Warrants were issued for a wholesale beer distributor and a retail dealer after Graves H. Per ry and city police said they found a quantity of beer labeled 12 1-2 per cent. Magistrate John P. Shale issued the warrants against W. H. Cal vert and Mrs. Theresa Cechinelli on charges of violating a ruling forbidding labeling beer by alcohol content or in ways that could mislead.
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Morgantown
Graves H. Perry
John P. Shale
W. H. Calvert
Theresa Cechinelli
Jews Barred From German 1936 Olympics
Berlin reports indicate no Jews among athletes already chosen to compete for Germany in the 1936 Olympic team. The Nazi regime dissolves the Steel Helmet veterans' group in East Prussia and appoints a supervisor to remove Jewish influence from German art.
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Berlin
Germany
German War Veterans’ Organization
East Prussia
Hans‘ von Tschammer Und Osten
Promise To Charlie West Is Kept By Mr Roosevelt
Charles West a leading Ohio Democrat and former representative moved toward a high administration post promised last year for his bid for the senate on a New Deal line President Roosevelt nominated him to be undersecretary of interior with a $10000 annual salary He has served as deputy governor of the Farm Credit Administration and acted as liaison between the White House and the capitol Senator Bulkley of Ohio said confirmation should be smooth
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Washington
Charles West
Ohio
Administration
Senate
Roosevelt
Interior
Post
Farm Credit Administration
White House
Capitol
Bulkley
West
Shaw marks 79th birthday amid Malvern hill walks
Malvern England July 26 George Bernard Shaw famed for the white beard and twinkling eyes celebrates his 79th birthday with brisk walks on the Malvern hills between rehearsals for a new drama festival play. His latest work The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles will be produced Monday and he is drafting another play The Millionairess.
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Malvern
England
George Bernard Shaw
Malvern Hills
Shaty
Philippi Blanket Mill Set to Reopen October 1
Philippi plans to restart the idle Philippi blanket mill by October 1 after a contract with J A Harrell receiver of Citizens National Bank of Philippi. The mill will be converted to cloth manufacturing and blankets plus looms will be added, employing about eighty workers. Purchasers hold option to buy and install new machinery with right to take the assets if the deal fails.
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Philippi
Philippi Planket
J. A. Harrell
Citizens National Bank of
Two Leading G. O. P. Chiefs Assail F. D. R.
In Los Angeles on July 16 two Hoover conference figures vied for 1936 presidential hopes. Col. Frank Knox and Hurley criticized Roosevelt and the New Deal, accusing the administration of expanding executive power and courting Supreme Court influence. Continued on page five.
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Los Angeles
Hoover
Palo Alto
Roevelt
New Deal
Frank Knox
Chicago
Truck Crash Kills Two Near Oak Hill
Beckley July 26 Two men died in a truck crash over an embankment near Oak Hill The dead were Franklin Smith 50 of Thayer and James W Stark 63 of Sanger Rainey of Sanger said he gave them a ride from Fayetteville to Oak Hill His vehicle was sidewiped by a car Rainey and two others Harry Grimes 63 of Minden and Clayton Treadway of Oak Hill were injured
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Rainey
Sanger
Fayetteville
Oak Hill
Harry Grimes
Minden
Clayton Treadway
One Man Missing As Bounty Barge Sinks During Film
Hollywood reports a barge built to resemble the ship Bounty sank off Santa Barbara near San Miguel Island during filming. One crew member, assistant motion picture cameraman Glen Strong, is missing while several others were injured. Notable stars Clark Gable Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone were not present with the location unit.
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Hollywood
Calif
Bounty
San Miguel Island
Santa Barbara
Glen Strong
Clark Gable
Charles Laughton
Franchot ‘Tone
Young Slayer Held Guilty Faces Noose
Craft Belcher, 23, was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of Myrtle Taylor, 19, after an automobile ride near Princeton, West Virginia. The jury imposed the death penalty, with Judge John M. McGrath scheduling execution for September 20. Belcher remained stoic, declined to stand, and spoke with his wife after the verdict.
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Princeton
W. Va
John M. McGrath
Craft Belcher
Myrtle Taylor
Belcher
Gecree
Miss Taylor
Rock- Shawnee
Labatt Kidnapping Suspect Linked to Abductee Removal
Canadian police believe the Labatt ransom suspect Michael McCardell alias James Parker was moved from Hammond Indiana jail where he was held since June 22. Police say he is the "Three-Fingered Abe" who authored the $150,000 ransom note to London Ontario brewer John Labatt last summer.
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John S. Labatt
Michael McCardell
James Parker
Hammond
Ind
Abe
London
Ont
Brewer
Kramer Begins Survey of Hancock WPA Projects
Harold F. Kramer assistant director and chief engineer of the Fairmont district WPA administration today began a project survey in the third county of the division. He has visited Wetzel and Brooke counties and now starts work in Hancock county with a corps of engineers assisting in preparing projects and future WPA operations.
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Fairmont
Harold F. Kramer
Fairmont District
Works Progress Administration
Wetzel
Brooke
Hancock County
Corps of Engineers
Kramer
Kidnap Hoax Costly Publicity Stunt Ends in Fine
Columbus man R. C. Byers, 42, confessed to a fake kidnapping report aimed at newspaper publicity. He was fined $50 and $5 costs after admitting the hoax, claiming he bet he could gain ink in 72 hours for under $100.
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Columbus
R. C. Byers
Byers
George
Ethiopia Rejects Conciliation Board Revival With Italy
Addis Ababa authorities say they will not accept reviving the conciliation commission in the Italy dispute. A new Italian note offered a fifth neutral member, but Ethiopia plans to maintain its stand. The Ethiopian foreign affairs minister said the League of Nations delegation has orders to handle any reconvening proposal. In Charleston, federal officers arrested two physicians and another man on narcotic charges after a purchase with marked money.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Italy
Scheveningen
Netherlands
Charleston
T. L. Nutter
Belle
Elias Thompson
Julius Stewart
Williamson
Allen Takes Charge Today Of State Era
William N Beehler discharged by Governor Kump returns from Washington and declines to discuss plans C L Allen of Beckley takes charge as acting administrator after relief board confirms action Planning group to meet in Philippi Monday July 29 at 8 pm in county court house all members urged to attend as visiting members from Fairmont Clarksburg and Buckhannon will present information on local projects
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Charleston
William N. Beehler
Kump
Washington
C. L. Allen
Beckley
State Relief Board
Charles K. Payne
Bechler
Philippi
Barbour County
Monongahela
Confessions Reported in Summersville Slaying Case
Summersville West Virginia July 26 Prosecuting Attorney Dana Herold said Jennings Mc Clung confessed to killing Harry Thomas 22 of Summersville. Thomas body was found in Harmony Creek about one mile below Haines Mill July 14. He had been missing since February 18.
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Summersville
W. Va
Dana Herold
Jennings McClung
Harry Thomas
Thomas
Harmony Creek
Haines’ Mill
Nye proposal rejected by huge Senate vote
Washington July 26 The Senate overwhelmingly rejected Senator Nye's government owned central bank substitute for the banking bill With a 59 to 10 vote the plan to place money issuance and value regulation under a Bank of the United States failed It followed little debate with Nye as the sole proponent and Father Coughlin's group in the gallery while Democratic leaders sought to push the bill through without major change
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Washington
Senate
Nye
Reserve Board
N. D
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
United States of America
Congress
Gore
Holt
Caraway
Neely
Thomas
Okla
Wheeler
Frazier
Schall
Shipstead
Palmer-Labor
North Dakotan
Louis B. Ward
Father Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Barkley
Kentucky
Central Bank
Borah
Ida
High Waters Ravage Western Pennsylvania Farmlands
Torrential rains over three days leveled crops and caused extensive property damage in Western Pennsylvania. A miniature cloudburst injured Steve Kovach of Uniontown as it struck with lightning, overflowing banks and igniting leaking gas after a barge hit a gas main. Neighbors saved John Kollisar and his 88 year old wife as floodwaters swept away their home. A Uniontown beer garden was damaged by lightning, creating a six foot hole and starting a fire. Connellsville also suffered hard hit as water washed away parts of roads.
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Associated Pléas
Pennsylvania
Steve Kovach
Uniontown
Paul Skorrie
Kovach
John Kollisar
Union Town
Connellsville
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